What Are Five Second Projects?
We all want to make original work for our demo reel or portfolio. But, sometimes you just need a theme to get you started… Some rules to fight against. Here is your chance. Use the theme “Monster Bash” to make a five second motion piece and enter it into the form below. If your new to five second projects, why not check out the Five Second Projects Archive to see all of the past themes and winners.
Rules
Watch a Video about the rules
1. Submissions must be Five Seconds Long!
2. Any animation is accepted. Video only submissions will not.
3. The animations has to do with the theme in some way.
4. Original Work only. Don’t cut out 5 seconds of already made work.
5. Link back to GSG on your Vimeo Post
Why Should You Enter?
Watch The Video about why to enter
1. Try new techniques or software
2. Limitations help get the mind working.
3. Make short, awesome pieces for your reel.
4. Get critique from your peers.
5. Promote yourself.
How Do I Enter my Video?
1. Create a five second animation based on the theme.
2. Upload your video to Vimeo. Don’t forget to add a link back to this blog post.
3. Submit your link to the form below and I will add it to the channel
4. Deadline is Sunday, Nov 6th.
SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED. Thanks for entering.
Now What?
Watch all the entries at the vimeo channel, or check out old Five Second Projects in the FiveSecondProjects Archive
Oh nice, this should be a fun one. I have a feeling its gonna get crazy!
hi…any of you guys could be sokind to tell me what its mean monster BASH ??…not good at english and icat find the meaning of this word…ty
Bash in this case means “Party”. Think of it as monster party, or also, like mark said, bash can also mean “hit”
Many of these projects are open to interpretation. The theme is provided to get you thinking along those lines. Monster Bash could be anything….A party where monsters are in attendance, maybe a monster is bashed with an object? It’s really up to you.
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That’s you and your wife isn’t it?? Super nice!!
Heh-heh. I have no idea what to do for this one… I’m going to eat some ethnic food and go to sleep. Maybe I’ll wake up with a cool theme!
Damn Nick,
this one is challenging! Really excited about the contributions this time. Hope, I’ll have a good idea over the weekend.
Cheers,
oLi
Really good one. Totally stoked!
Just 10 days for this deadline eh? It’s a quicky!
Isn’t it supposed to be Monster Mash, like the song?
@Jimmy. I made it Monster BASH. Like the Pinball machine.
That picture is awesome. I’m really looking forward to seeing some entries!
Why does 90% of the submitted projects always look the same, they contain the name of the theme and some flashy effects learned from earlier tutorials.
You’re supposed to be creative and create something relevant to the theme.
Just had to speak my mind.
Fun theme this time, well make something “halloweeny”.
Cheers
Yea JoyBoy, It sucks that people are learning and trying to get better. But I cant wait to see your super unique entry…
Here is mine, hope you gonna lie it!
greetings
yep…forgot the link….aahahh!
http://vimeo.com/31344922
JoyBoy, I actually agree with you. Don’t just used the words and some Mograph balls. Do something original.
Also, stop using Nick’s likeness in order to suck-up to him, people. It’s so lame.
I never had had time before to participate but this week I’m on it !
how do you find out the deadline of this projects???? iv never really found out. cheers
@billy_fanuel
By reading the text in the topic ^^
ha..thanks..that easy:)
My brain was eaten by a deadline zombie.
My brain was eaten by a deadline zombie.
Good luck guys.
cool i’m in
I’m rendering the C4D animation right now. After that put it in to After Effects for some nice eye candy and cool sounds.
My entry : http://vimeo.com/31373246
My 5 seconds project: http://vimeo.com/31400903
@antony and @kyle Put the Url link on the nick’s main post below
@ yasazmi I did it!
@Yasazmi I did it already, but it’s not appearing. Will try again
Done! Looks like the last entry “untitled yellow” breaks all the rules. It’s longer than 5 seconds, and was made for another purpose
some people should read the rules!
Totally agree, Kyle. It was removed.
I’ve just submitted mine. First time I’m submitting. It’s cool to see what others have created.
hey guys here is mine…hope you like it
hey guys here is mine…hope you like it
http://vimeo.com/31449027
hey guys…this is what i came up with…hope you like it..;)
cheers.
http://vimeo.com/31461848
Remo Gee that was awesome loool really funny one
Remo Gee, with the good comes the bad, the bad comes the good
http://vimeo.com/31438802
thx guys..:)
Here is my clip:
http://vimeo.com/31442964
Made for Five Second Project “Monster Bash” from grayscalegorilla. i startet with a cementary looking city and ended up with this blade runner like city because i have watched gorillas:
“The Importance of Compositing: A Layer By Layer Breakdown in After Effects”
so this was just for fun…
http://vimeo.com/31482129
Here’s my 5 seconds http://vimeo.com/31489190 this was a fun one
Boom!
http://vimeo.com/31515398
And the same one sans the effects:
http://vimeo.com/31521953
made with love:: http://vimeo.com/31530955
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There was a problem with your submission.
Sorry, but this form is limited to one submission per user.
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It gave me this, after giving me an error that said i had to put in a descent url (which it was, except for the www.)
Now what to do!?
Sorry about that. Post here in the comments and I will make sure it’s added.
my Monster …
http://vimeo.com/31537876
Here’s my little entry…
http://vimeo.com/31556557
Yo !
Last night :
Finger Dance Contest @ Zombie Bar : Awesome Monster Bash !
Check it out !
http://vimeo.com/31562343
Here’s my up yall…
http://vimeo.com/31423415
This was a fun one but it looks like I had the same idea as several other people..
http://vimeo.com/31589897
It’s crazy we all went with the arcade them for the most part. I guess it is fitting though. This is my first time entering:
http://vimeo.com/31586035
Hey,
I uploaded a 7 seconds video with 2 seconds of my logo at the end, yesterday. Now I saw that only 5 seconds overall are permitted.
I changed it and reuploaded it, but I can´t send you the same link again.
Please add this video to the channel http://vimeo.com/31568653.
Thanks very much.
-Marcel
Hi, I´m having problem with sending my video… It says that the form is limited to one submission per user. But I havent submited my video yet… Any idea? Thanks…
I’ve post mine but vimeo compressed it a lot : http://vimeo.com/31605284
Does anyone have trick to optimise quality with a standard account? Thx
Here is mine, got some troubles to post a comment!
http://vimeo.com/31519932
First time for me too!
Cheers everybody
Can someone help me? My vimeo video looks like crap.
The compression comes out bad no matter what. What am I doing wrong? I am uploading 640×340 mp4 , h264 compression at 4000 data rate.
Help!
Bobo. Try rendering it at least 1280 pixels wide. Vimeo will compress it for HD and it will look much better.
I forgot to mention my mp4 looks great before uploading to vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/31631902
Same for me. The original mp4 HD file I uploaded looks better than the vimeo’s stream. And when I download the qt source file from vimeo, it’s great too. Strange.
So, here is mine as well.
http://vimeo.com/31642577
Can’t wait to see who’s the winner, there are so many nice entries. It must be really difficult to decide who did it.
i hope you like. http://vimeo.com/31620774
Here’s my little entry : http://vimeo.com/31649785
No hd yet but will be uploaded soon
Florian, didn’t you just steal that video.?
huh, what do you mean, i got the cookie monster footage from and ol ad found on internet but I completely changed it : /
here is the original footage/soundtrack :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhUFxaauNTE
i dont intend to steal the puppet creation/animation/soundtrack, its a substitute, a derivative. why so much hate?
My first entry. Had a ton of fun doing this!
http://vimeo.com/31663686
Damn, I just found out about this one and the deadline has already come and gone! Can’t wait to see everyone’s videos though.
You still have one more day, Agent.
Florian, no offence meant. I cant do any of this fancy things myself. just thought it had to be all original work
Hey !
My 5 second project: http://vimeo.com/31675716
Lot of fun with monsters
Enjoy!! And maybe go and play a game later too!!!
http://www.pacmangame.org/
My submission:
http://vimeo.com/31677372
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Heres Mine…
http://vimeo.com/31669926
Hey, anyone know why vimeo sometimes adds a third of a second to my file? Anyone else have that happen?
Cool idea, Spenser. I’m afraid we can’t submit that one until it’s under 5 seconds though.
Liking the competition out there, good fun.
My first 5 Second Project, amazing what you can squeeze in!
http://vimeo.com/newgenerationimagery/monsterbash
Here’s my entry, done in 6 hours…Too bad I couldn’t polish it a bit more but working under such a tight deadline was insightful
http://vimeo.com/31687061
It’s so tight, I hope the deadline is tonight at Midnight so it’s still open. I just wonder by which time zone it’d be determined. 12AM EST?
http://vimeo.com/31688603
take a look and have fun =)
http://vimeo.com/31683665
A une heure de la limite chez nous :
http://vimeo.com/31695443
I have submitted my video, there was a error message, not sure if it worked.
Here’s my submission : http://vimeo.com/31697900
Cheers
Kiss
My submission with sound. Sorry
http://vimeo.com/31697656
my submission:
http://vimeo.com/31698313
My submission:
http://vimeo.com/31705024
In case the form didn’t work:
http://vimeo.com/31706146
here’is mine:
http://vimeo.com/31706821
http://vimeo.com/31688708
Just finish my project, Sugar Skull DJ.
http://vimeo.com/31708124
Here is my entry, I hope that I am not too late!
http://vimeo.com/31711697
(added to Vimeo November 6th,10pm Pacific time)
Hi Nick! I’ve sent yesterday the Vimeo URL but it seems they’ve not yet accepted the upload. This is the URL: http://vimeo.com/31706420
Hope it’s not too late!
Cheers!
Yes! Uploaded — http://vimeo.com/31700080
Hey Nick. Sorry to bother you again. Although i’ve entered the animation here on time yesterday, Vimeo only made it available only now. Hope it still counts! If not, hope you still get a look and like it!
http://vimeo.com/31706420
Cheers!
Hi Nick, i tried contacting you on fb. but no luck. I did submit my video to you for this yesterday night. And i got it in just before 12pm uk time (before US deadline) (not sure on rules about this) Can you please tell me whether my video has been accepted or it is too late? Cheers Alex
http://vimeo.com/31700124
Alex,
Submissions may take up to 48 hours to be accepted. If you put it in the form though, you should be all set.
Ok, thanks for that. Was getting a bit worried. cheers
I’m totally bummed. I submitted my video last wednesday… 4 days later I notice it’s not up.
http://vimeo.com/31519007
Dan, It’s because your videos aren’t allowed to be entered into channels. Fix the setting and we can add it.
Wow I did not event make the selection. Bummer. Good luck to all
Missed by a day, godamnit. Here’s what my entry would have have been: http://vimeo.com/31755843
Still worth the effort though.
Done, thanks!
@Alexandre: Did you submit it in the form at the bottom of the article?
I had uploading problems
you can check it out any ways though its up now. http://vimeo.com/31755807
Hmm weird, I submitted on Sept 5th, but didn’t get into the Vimeo channel. My Settings seem alright though. Any ideas? Here’s my link again: http://vimeo.com/31663686
thx
C
Oh, I just saw the 48hr comment Nick, guess I’m still in the time window. Sorry about the spamming.
C
Hi, mine isn’t on the channel neither, my vimeo settings seem to be ok